The Seven SeasD. Appleton, 1896 - 209 páginas |
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... line ; City by city they hail : " Hast aught to match with mine ? " And the men that breed from them They traffic up and down , But cling to their cities ' hem As a child to the mother's gown . When they talk with the stranger bands ...
... line ; City by city they hail : " Hast aught to match with mine ? " And the men that breed from them They traffic up and down , But cling to their cities ' hem As a child to the mother's gown . When they talk with the stranger bands ...
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... line- less , level floors ; Through the yelling Channel tempest when the syren hoots and roars— By day the dipping house - flag and by night the rocket's trail- As the sheep that graze behind us so we know them where they hail . We ...
... line- less , level floors ; Through the yelling Channel tempest when the syren hoots and roars— By day the dipping house - flag and by night the rocket's trail- As the sheep that graze behind us so we know them where they hail . We ...
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... line where the strange roads go down . Came the Whisper , came the Vision , came the Power with the Need . Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead . As the deer breaks - as the steer breaks - from the herd where they ...
... line where the strange roads go down . Came the Whisper , came the Vision , came the Power with the Need . Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead . As the deer breaks - as the steer breaks - from the herd where they ...
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... Snatched and bartered oft from hand to hand , I dream my dream , by rock and heath and pine , Of Empire to the northward . Ay , one land From Lion's Head to Line ! Melbourne . Greeting ! Nor fear nor favour won us A Song of the English .
... Snatched and bartered oft from hand to hand , I dream my dream , by rock and heath and pine , Of Empire to the northward . Ay , one land From Lion's Head to Line ! Melbourne . Greeting ! Nor fear nor favour won us A Song of the English .
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... and scale , o ' friction , waste an ' slip , An ' by that light - now , mark my word - we'll build the Perfect Ship . I'll never last to judge her lines or take her curve— not I. But I ha ' lived an ' I ha ' 44 McAndrew's Hymn .
... and scale , o ' friction , waste an ' slip , An ' by that light - now , mark my word - we'll build the Perfect Ship . I'll never last to judge her lines or take her curve— not I. But I ha ' lived an ' I ha ' 44 McAndrew's Hymn .
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ah fare ain't Army arquebus Baltic barrick beggar beneath blind bloomin blow blue burn Buy my English Captain Cheer clear Contract with God crew dead death deep Devil is driving drunk eathen English posies eyes Farewell fight floating weed fought gale Gawd give hath hear heart Heave knew lady land learned about women lift Liner little cargo-boats little things Lord lower deck Man-o'-War's er usband Man-the Mary pierced Mother Carey Native-born never night Northern Light overside port price of admiralty pride Reuben Paine roar Romance round sail sailor sergeant she's a lady ship sing singin skin skipper sloop-of-war smoke Song Song of Roland sons soul stand steer Stralsund Thee There's things he cares Thou thousand Thunders tide Tom Hall True Thomas Twas wait watch wind word Ye'll Yoshiwara
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Página 24 - Loud sang the souls of the jolly, jolly mariners, Plucking at their harps, and they plucked unhandily : ' Our thumbs are rough and tarred, And the tune is something hard — May we lift a Deepsea Chantey such as seamen use at sea?
Página 203 - For to admire an' for to see, For to be'old this world so wide — It never done no good to me, But I can't drop it if I tried!
Página 2 - Keep ye the Law — be swift in all obedience — Clear the land of evil, drive the road and bridge the ford. Make ye sure to each his own That he reap where he hath sown ; By the peace among Our peoples let men know we serve the Lord!
Página 144 - The market-girls an' fishermen, The shepherds an' the sailors, too, They 'eard old songs turn up again, But kep' it quiet — same as you ! They knew 'e stole; 'e knew they knowed. They didn't tell, nor make a fuss, But winked at 'Omer down the road, An' 'e winked back — the same as us I "BACK TO THE ARMY AGAIN.
Página 78 - And the tunes that mean so much to you alone Common tunes that make you choke and blow your nose Vulgar tunes that bring the laugh that brings the groan I can rip your very heartstrings out with those...
Página 124 - The cynic devil in his blood That bids him mock his hurrying soul; That bids him flout the Law he makes, That bids him make the Law he flouts...
Página 25 - Then stooped the Lord, and He called the good sea up to Him, And 'stablished his borders unto all eternity, That such as have no pleasure For to praise the Lord by measure, They may enter into galleons and serve Him on the sea. Sun, wind, and cloud shall fail not from the face of it, Stinging, ringing spindrift, nor the fulmar flying free; And the ships shall go abroad To the Glory of the Lord Who heard the silly sailor-folk and gave them back their sea...
Página 42 - I'd been doon that morn to see what ailed the throws, Manholin', on my back - the cranks three inches off my nose. Romance! Those first-class passengers they like it very well, Printed an' bound in little books; but why don't poets tell ? I'm sick of all their quirks an...
Página 79 - an she never looks nor 'eeds — The Man-o'-War's 'er 'usband, an' 'e gives 'er all she needs; But, oh, the little cargo-boats, that sail the wet seas roun', They're just the same as you an' me a-plyin' up an
Página 173 - I've taken my fun where I've found it, An' now I must pay for my fun, For the more you 'ave known o...